This is one of my favorite songs that I had forgotten about until my ipod decided to refresh my memory. :)
It reminds me that thankfulness is not contingent on circumstance and that God ALWAYS has and WILL come through for me in ways I don't expect or deserve, for that matter.
There's a line in this song I never thought about before: a starry night offers a better view if no roof is overhead. Sometimes, the very things that I think I want actually hinder me from seeing Him clearly. Can you say, epiphany!!! What a great lyricist that Nichole Nordeman is. =)
Send some rain, would You send some rain? 'Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade
Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud? Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid
But maybe not, not today Maybe You'll provide in other ways And if that's the case . . .
(Chorus) We'll give thanks to You With gratitude For lessons learned in how to thirst for You How to bless the very sun that warms our face If You never send us rain
Daily bread, give us daily bread Bless our bodies, keep our children fed Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight
Wrap us up and warm us through Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time
Or maybe not, not today Maybe You'll provide in other ways And if that's the case . . .
(Chorus) We'll give thanks to You With gratitude A lesson learned to hunger after You That a starry sky offers a better view If no roof is overhead And if we never taste that bread
Oh, the differences that often are between What we want and what we really need
So grant us peace, Jesus, grant us peace Move our hearts to hear a single beat Between alibis and enemies tonight
Or maybe not, not today Peace might be another world away And if that's the case . . .
